impolite

(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 0:20:01

Im`po*lite" (?), a. [L. impolitus unpolishied, pref. im- not + politus, p. p. of polire to polish, refine. See Polite.]

Not polite; not of polished manners; wanting in good manners; discourteous; uncivil; rude.

-- Im`po*lite"ly, adv. -- Im`po*lite"ness, n.

 

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